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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.
finish date
constraint (Input)
resource breakdown structure
objective
2. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram
risk acceptance (Technique)
three point estimate (Technique)
identify risks (Process)
network path
3. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
resource breakdown structure
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
change control system (Tool)
calendar unit
4. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
work authorization
activity duration
5. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
product
technique
validation
monitor and control risks (Process)
6. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team
monitor
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
estimate (Output/Input)
report performance (Process)
7. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project
resource
projectized organization
expected monetary value (EMV)
seller
8. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
reserve
activity
scope
close procurements (Process)
9. A component of work performed during the course of a project
program
activity
voice of the customer
start to finish (SF)
10. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
activity attributes (Output/Input)
change control
preventative action
BCWP
11. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
finish to finish (FF)
reserve analysis (Technique)
parametric estimating (Technique)
functional manager
12. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.
methodology
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
produce scope
schedule compression
13. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers
rework
plan procurements (Process)
monitor and control project work (Process)
functional manager
14. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete
residual risk
quality
actual duration
project scope
15. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
develop human resource plan (Process)
root cause analysis (Technique)
request for information (RFI)
scheduled start date (SS)
16. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
monitor and control project work (Process)
planned value (PV)
constraint (Input)
forecast
17. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
data date
Monte Carlo simulation
project management knowledge area
perform quality control (Process)
18. A general data gathering and creativity technique that can be used to identify risks - ideas or solutions to issues by using a group of team members or subject matter experts
percent complete
brainstorming (Technique)
threshold
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
19. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline
float
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
near critical activity
work performance information
20. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
late start date (LS)
template
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
calendar unit
21. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
logical relationship
risk category
time and material contract (T&M)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
22. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
result
regulation
technical performance measurement (Technique)
input (Process) input
23. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
lessons learned(Output/Input)
request for information (RFI)
value engineering
execute
24. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
output (Process)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
sub network
earned value (EV)
25. A table that links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle
direct and manage project execution (Process)
plan risk response (Process)
secondary risk
requirements traceability matrix
26. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
communications management plan (Output/Input)
project management
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
decision tree analysis (Technique)
27. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project
sponsor
schedule model (Tool)
triggers
baseline
28. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
staffing management plan
rework
claim
finish to start (FS)
29. Documents and data on prior project including project files - records - correspondence - closed contracts - and closed projects
project management office (PMO)
historical information
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
30. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
finish date
requirement
performance reports (Output/Input)
functional organization
31. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
authority
project management plan (Output/Input)
simulation
plan risk management (Process)
32. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
constraint (Input)
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
perform integrated change control (Process)
define activities (Process)
33. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level
work authorization system (Tool)
finish date
work breakdown structure component
material
34. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
schedule baseline
resource calendar
expected monetary value (EMV)
risk tolerance
35. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
start to start (SS)
variance analysis (Technique)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
request for proposal (RFP)
36. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules
change requests
staffing management plan
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project management system (Tool)
37. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance
actual cost of work performed
work authorization
stakeholder
regulation
38. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project
perform quality assurance (Process)
budget at completion (BAC)
portfolio
actual duration
39. Smaller portion of the overall project created when a project is subdivided by their logical relationship
late start date (LS)
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
portfolio
subproject
40. The document that describes the communications needs and expectations for the project; how and in what format information will be communicated; when and where each communication will be made; wan who is responsible for providing each type of communic
rework
communications management plan (Output/Input)
authority
risk acceptance (Technique)
41. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope
schedule compression
code of accounts (Tool)
lag (Technique)
residual risk
42. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
predecessor activity
early finish date (EF)
start to finish (SF)
project management
43. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.
request for information (RFI)
Monte Carlo analysis
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
finish to finish (FF)
44. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities
matrix organization
project charter (Output/Input)
objective
expert judgment (Technique)
45. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
workaround
acceptance criteria
46. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value
assumptions
variance
early start date (ES)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
47. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives
validation
schedule baseline
risk
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
48. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system
flowcharting (Technique)
free float
role
human resource plan
49. ACWP
actual cost of work performed
request for quotation (RFQ)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
actual duration
50. Float (total float - free float)
slack
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
free float
specification